David Coleman Headley Asked To Appear Via Videocon in 26/11 Case By Mumbai Court

Mumbai: David Coleman Headley, the terrorist serving time in the US, must be produced in the 26/11 case on December 10 by video-conference, a Mumbai court said today.

A special court granted the Mumbai police permission to make Headley, an American citizen, an accused in the 26/11 case.

Headley pleaded guilty to links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its 2008 terror plot that killed 166 in Mumbai, and in return got a 35-year sentence by a US court and protection against extradition.

The Mumbai police wants to question Headley to prove that Pakistani state actors - senior officials in the army and the intelligence agency ISI - were involved in the Mumbai attacks.

Headley reportedly listed the same officers as Abu Jundal, a Pakistani terrorist who was deported to India from Saudi Arabia three years ago.  

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The Mumbai Police had in July asked the court to allow it to write to the US Department of Justice on Headley.

Headley has confessed to being a member of the Lashkar and filming the Mumbai landmarks in an extensive recon for the deadly attacks.

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Soon after his arrest, he was interrogated in prison in the US by members of the National Investigation Agency that handles terrorism cases. He allegedly revealed that three senior Pakistani army officers played a prime role in the 26/11 attacks.

The same officers have reportedly been named by Abu Jundal. India says audio recordings establish that Jundal was based in a control room in Pakistan during 26/11, passing instructions on the phone to the terrorists who had fanned out across Mumbai with grenades and machine guns.

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The Mumbai Police hopes to use the video conference to bring Headley face-to-face with Jundal to get more evidence against the Pakistani officers they have separately listed.